Construction work continues as workers renovate the old Logan's Roadhouse located on Call Field Road into a Hooters restaurant.
Logan's closed their Wichita Falls restaurant in September 2016. CHRISTOPHER WALKER/TIMES RECORD NEWS

Construction work continues as workers renovate the old Logan's Roadhouse located on Call Field Road into a Hooters restaurant.
Logan's closed their Wichita Falls restaurant in September 2016. CHRISTOPHER WALKER/TIMES RECORD NEWS

Construction work continues as workers renovate the old Logan's Roadhouse located on Call Field Road into a Hooters restaurant.
Logan's closed their Wichita Falls restaurant in September 2016. CHRISTOPHER WALKER/TIMES RECORD NEWS

Construction work continues as workers renovate the old Logan's Roadhouse located on Call Field Road into a Hooters restaurant.
Logan's closed their Wichita Falls restaurant in September 2016. CHRISTOPHER WALKER/TIMES RECORD NEWS

Construction work continues as workers renovate the old Logan's Roadhouse located on Call Field Road into a Hooters restaurant.
Logan's closed their Wichita Falls restaurant in September 2016. CHRISTOPHER WALKER/TIMES RECORD NEWS

Union Township appears to be resting in the bosom of an ongoing development boom.

The newest business locating to the township is Hooters. The popular sports bar is locating in the vacant building once home to Logan’s Roadhouse near Eastgate Mall.

Hooters currently has three Cincinnati area locations: Florence, Newport, and Springdale. A location on 9 mile Road and Beechmont Avenue had previously closed.

Union Township Trustee John McGraw anticipates the new restaurant opening in about six months. The township is currently working with Hooters on sign permits, he said.

“I am glad to see this site repurposed to a new restaurant,” McGraw said of the former Logan’s building. “The biggest request I get from residents is the need for more sit-down restaurants. This will be a great place to sit down and order food and drinks. I think Hooters will be very successful at this location.”

According to the International Franchise Association, Hooters of America Inc. was established in 1983 and was franchised in 1986. There are more than 400 locations.

The “Hooters Girls” are credited by the IFA website with making the brand one of the most memorable in the world. The restaurant is also known for its “world famous chicken wings” along with its sandwiches, hamburgers, chicken, salads and a full bar.

A general store and more

Hooters isn’t the only business looking to call Union Township home.

Casey’s General Store is coming to the corner of Old 74 and Mount Carmel Tobasco Road. The $4 to $5 million project will bring more jobs and more development to the Mount Carmel area of the township, McGraw said.

“We already have the expansion of Mt. Carmel Brewing underway,” he said. “The intersection improvements at Bells Lane and Aicholtz are also scheduled for 2018 and many other improvements to the Mount Carmel area are under construction now. This project will transform one of the most traveled intersections in the township.”

Casey’s General Stores, founded in 1968, has more than 2,000 locations in 16 states making it the fourth largest convenience store chain in the United States, according to its website. The stores are a one-stop kind of shop offering gasoline and prepared foods including made-from-scratch pizza, donuts, and other bakery items, and made-to-order subs.

New life for Earl’s

The former site of Earl’s Market is about to get a facelift. McGraw said the trustees have aggressively worked to clear out vacant and insecure properties. At one point the trustees voted to have Earl’s Market on Old 74 torn down.

The current owner has secured the building and plans to make “significant” upgrades, McGraw said. The plan calls for two upstairs apartments with a retail location on the ground floor. Two outbuildings will be torn down and repairs made to the parking lot and sidewalks added, he said.